Jihad Dagher: 2 books
by Jihad Dagher, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
This SDN takes stock of the current debate on the capital regulation of banks. The focus will be on the level of capital (other aspects such as contingent capital and the quality of capital have been covered in previous SDNs). It analyzes the pros and cons of higher capital requirements, and will conduct...
Housing Finance and Real-Estate Booms
A Cross-Country Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
The recent global crisis highlighted the risks stemming from real estate booms. This has generated a growing literature trying to better understand the sources and the risks associated with housing and credit booms. This paper complements and supplements the previous work by (i) exploiting more disaggregated...